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Market Infrastructure
CSRC Lifts Equity Financing Ban for Property Firms
By Editors | 02/12/2022
The CSRC is allowing listed developers to conduct equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, private share placements, and overseas fundraising.
Crypto / Digital Assets
DTCC Publishes Findings from Experimental CBDC Work
By Editors | 02/12/2022
The prototype developed was able to connect two distinct asset networks to enable “secure, resilient, and efficient security settlement with CBDC.”
Capital / Liquidity
BOJ Relaxes Terms of Securities Lending Facility
By Editors | 02/12/2022
The move is aimed at ensuring stability in the market and easing tight JGB liquidity in the repo market.
Market Infrastructure
Full Launch of SGX-NSE Trading Link Planned for Q2 2023
By Editors | 01/12/2022
The trading link enables orders from SGX members to be routed to NSE IFSC for trading and execution. To date, 14 SGX clearing members have been onboarded.
Crypto / Digital Assets
MAS Grants MetaComp Licence to Offer DPT Services in Singapore
By Editors | 01/12/2022
MetaComp, a unit of MetaVerse Green Exchange, is now able to offer regulated digital payment token services in Singapore.
Enforcement
CSRC Proposes to Double Maximum Reward for Whistleblowers
By Editors | 01/12/2022
The CSRC also proposes to enable whistleblower reports to be submitted through its 12386 service platform.
Securities / Derivatives
SC Malaysia Consolidates Islamic Capital Market Guidelines
By Editors | 01/12/2022
The consolidated guidelines introduce a new chapter dedicated to ‘waqf’ and introduce additional requirements on Islamic fund management business.
Capital / Liquidity
RBI, FSA Agree to Improve Mutual Cooperation on CCPs
By Editors | 01/12/2022
The letters of cooperation come after two years of negotiations between Indian and Japanese regulators on CCPs.
Securities / Derivatives
SOEs Undermine Credibility of China Green Finance Market
By Christina Ng | 01/12/2022
The IEEFA’s Christina Ng says China’s state-owned enterprises continue to allocate up to half of their green bond proceeds to non-green projects.
Securities / Derivatives
Korea to Limit Cross-shareholdings by Insurers in Affiliates
By Editors | 30/11/2022
Proposed bill targets Samsung Life Insurance, which controls a significant portion of the issued shares in Samsung Electronics.
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